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BY J.P. KROESE EN ZOON, AMSTERDAM, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
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A Dutch ormolu-mounted parcel-gilt and brass-inlaid simulated tortoiseshell musical bracket clock
By J.P. Kroese en Zoon, Amsterdam, second half 18th Century
The waisted case with caddy top surmounted by a pierced foliate finial, the sides with trellis and flower-head filled hinged sound frets, the enamelled segmented dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, and date aperture, signed J.P. Kroese en Zoon, above a silvered ring inscribed AIR HOOR C MIJN WILHELMUS VAN MENUET BOERENBALLET TRIJNTIE LIEF indicating the tunes, surrounded by painted river landscape with classical ornaments on the shore and gentleman, the movement with a 19.5cm. long brass cylinder and 22 teeth playing on 11 bells, two bells above, the case Swiss, restorations and replacements
98.5cm. high
By J.P. Kroese en Zoon, Amsterdam, second half 18th Century
The waisted case with caddy top surmounted by a pierced foliate finial, the sides with trellis and flower-head filled hinged sound frets, the enamelled segmented dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, and date aperture, signed J.P. Kroese en Zoon, above a silvered ring inscribed AIR HOOR C MIJN WILHELMUS VAN MENUET BOERENBALLET TRIJNTIE LIEF indicating the tunes, surrounded by painted river landscape with classical ornaments on the shore and gentleman, the movement with a 19.5cm. long brass cylinder and 22 teeth playing on 11 bells, two bells above, the case Swiss, restorations and replacements
98.5cm. high
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